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Battalion All Call

04,
Jan 2005

Hi to All,

Gallardo, Stewart - SP4 70-71 A Battery found the site and
sent in some corrections for the rosters. I had Lt Hollman’s name spelled wrong
and apparently Stewart is in touch with the Lt. Do not know if the LT is on line
or not. Maybe Stewart will let us know. Glenda found a Hollman in Kentucky but
not sure that is the LT. In addition, I had SGT Carrol’s name wrong and instead
of Robert, it should have been Norbert. Apparently the SGT was from Baton Rouge
so any of you fellows that live that area please check the phone books and such
for contacting the SGT. I would think Norbert M. Carrol should be easy to
chase down.

We also have a database we keep of those fellows that we
have found that are not on the Internet and have either a phone number or
address or both. If you know of someone, in particular you are looking for
contact Glenda at
gkelley951@aol.com so she can search the database and see if we have who you
are looking for.

Captain Doug Beard (Original Member of the Battalion 66-67)
lost his father recently this month and we send our condolences and sympathies
to the entire Beard family.

SFC Hepler (Original Member of the Battalion 66-67)
writes he is recovering from a stroke with some slight side effects. One being
the old military stance. Want to wish him a complete recovery and hope he and
his wife Gean can be with us at the next reunion.

I believe we have all the e-mails changed and up to date
again. Please when you send in a change, indicate the battery you served with.

Found a great 28-page article by Chaplin Ray Stubbe
called Khe Sanh and the Mongol Prince, which documents some of the arty
processes and procedures for supporting Khe Sanh. Discusses the fellow that
came up with the mini and micro artillery arc lights, a Marine Captain by the
name of Harry Baig. Major Meredith and LTC Swearengen are mentioned in the
article and I think helped to write it. The 175’s in the arty orchestra were
called the bass section. Documents some of the battle at 861a and the battle
for 881S that never happed because of sensors detecting enemy movement and the
arty destroyed what was called a regimental ground attack. Sensors were not
deployed around 861A and the enemy reserve battalion was destroyed and wall of
fire put up within 100 meters of the defending Marines on the hill. Sixteen
175’s were brought into arty support by Mark Swearengen and his LNO team out at
Khe Sanh; three Batteries from Carroll and one Battery from the Rockpile.

Anyway, it will be great addition to the history.

Well, I finally got all the AO chapters printed and
shipped to Ernie. Double-spaced as he requested so he can do a final edit.

Ernie already has the cover designed with the help of a
graphic artist. Ernie said the artist read some of preliminary info and was
just sick about what is going on.

The book does not have all that I wanted but then I
wanted to ream all of them for this behavior. Anger, rage, and disappointment
overrode logic and data. To put all of it in the book would have been a three
set volume.

I believe the book portrays just what has gone on for
the last four decades and the total misconceptions and propaganda the government
has portrayed and published since 1967. The obvious attempts at not to tell
the veterans and their families what they have found and give the men, women and
the doctors of this nation a fair and honest assessment of what to look for in
health issues including diseases and disorders.

Ernie is fast at this, so I hope the book will be
available sometime in March or April but that is just a guess on my part.

I could not take every disorder and then do the analysis
as to how it applies otherwise there would have to have been volumes; not one
book. I did keep in my mind as I was doing this the diseases and disorders that
were pointed out by Admiral Zumwalt in his VA classified report and I think he
was right on; plus there is even more that should be considered.

I have done as much as I can do to get this toxin
subject into the light of day again with some semblance of truth to it. The
rest will be up to the Veterans, their widows, and their offspring.

I think you will agree that some politicians should not
be in office at present, some VA officials and scientists should be in federal
prison along side of some CDC officials and scientists, and some Air Force and
White House management should have already been shot! Federal prison is too
good.

I documented some of the more egregious behavior and
health issue information that should have been reported and was not at: